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Management shift begins at U.S. nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – The U.S. government has cleared the way for a new management team to begin taking over one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories. The National Nuclea...

Prosecutors: New Mexico officer preyed on woman, teen

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico state police officer is facing charges after prosecutors say he tried to give methamphetamine to a woman and marijuana to a 16-year-old girl. The Albuqu...

Oil company close to finalizing 3,000 leases in Carlsbad

CARLSBAD, N.M. – An Artesia-based oil company is close to finalizing numerous leases with mineral rights owners in Carlsbad as it moves ahead with plans to drill under the southeastern New M...

3 arrested in connection with Colorado wildfire

The Latest on the wildfires around the West (all times local): 8:52 a.m. Three people have been arrested for allegedly starting a Colorado wildfire by leaving an unauth...

Bodies found in home ID’d as ex-reporter, long-dead husband

GALLUP, N.M. – Two dead bodies found inside a Gallup home have been identified as a 38-year-old former newspaper reporter and her 62-year-old husband, who had died in 2016. The Ga...

Researchers study what happens to the dead in Arizona desert

PHOENIX – A team of researchers is trying to better understand what happens to migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, including many whose bodies are never recovered. T...

EPA accelerates cleanup of Pueblo Superfund neighborhoods

PUEBLO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will accelerate the cleanup of three Pueblo neighborhoods that were contaminated by a smelter. The agency said Friday i...

WORLD CUP KICKOFF: England’s ‘easy’ path runs through Sweden

MOSCOW – What to watch for in Saturday’s matchups in the World Cup quarterfinals: WHO’S WEAK? England coach Gareth Southgate basically picked his team’s path toward the semifinals...

Bones found in Albuquerque link to archaeological site

ALBUQUERQUE – Bones discovered earlier this week not far from an area where 11 women were found buried nearly a decade ago are not related to an unsolved serial killing, but rather are part ...

Avalanche sign forward Matt Nieto to 2-year deal

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche agreed on a two-year deal with forward Matt Nieto. Nieto is coming off a season in which he scored a career-high 15 goals for the Avalanche. He als...

Kelly Kraft leads Lahiri, Simpson by 1 at Greenbrier

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Kelly Kraft is about to find out whether he’s ready to handle the lead entering the weekend for the first time on the PGA Tour. Kraft shot a 7-under...

Money match: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson planning $10 million match

NEW YORK – Golf.com is reporting that Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods are contemplating a $10 million winner-take-all exhibition match. The report says Mickelson was hopeful the ma...